Women and natural resources in Afghanistan / United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

By: Material type: TextTextLanguage: Publication details: Kabul : United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), c2009.Description: 16 p. : col. ill. ; 22 cmSubject(s): DDC classification:
  • Pamphlet HQ 1735.6 .W66 2009

Cover title.

“September 2009”.

“United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP)”—at head of title.

“Also in Dari and Pashto”.

Summary: “Afghanistan’s women contribute enormously to the management of the country’s natural resource, and therefore to sustaining both rural and urban livelihoods. The fulfill several roles, from providing agricultural labour, cultivating fruit and rearing livestock, to collecting wood and maintaining the family unit through cooking, cleaning and child care”—(p. 4).